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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 5, 2015Crosby County, Lubbock County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2015, 7:25 PM CDT for Crosby County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2015, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
1.75 in

Counties Crosby County, TX, Lubbock County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 7:33 PM CDTTORNADO7 S Lorenzo, TXCONFIRMED VIA STREAMING VIDEO
May 5, 7:33 PM CDTTORNADO7 S Lorenzo, TXSECOND TORNADO. LASTED FROM 727 TO 733 PM.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 416 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

622 
WFUS54 KLUB 060025
TORLUB
TXC107-303-060100-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0002.150506T0025Z-150506T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
725 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CROSBY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...
  EASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
    
* AT 724 PM CDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES 
  SOUTH OF LORENZO...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF SLATON...MOVING EAST 
  AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
           ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS 
           WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS 
           LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SLATON...RALLS...LORENZO...CAPROCK AND CONE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3345 10164 3374 10165 3381 10134 3340 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 264DEG 21KT 3358 10153 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

SC
1 follow-up statement
813 
WWUS54 KLUB 060032
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
732 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015

TXC303-060041-
/O.CAN.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150506T0100Z/
LUBBOCK TX-
732 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING FOR LUBBOCK COUNTY HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3344 10156 3376 10156 3381 10134 3340 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 288DEG 13KT 3356 10137 

$$

TXC107-060100-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150506T0100Z/
CROSBY TX-
732 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
CROSBY COUNTY...
        
AT 731 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CAPROCK...OR 7 
MILES SOUTH OF RALLS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL 
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALLS...LORENZO...CAPROCK AND CONE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3344 10156 3376 10156 3381 10134 3340 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 288DEG 13KT 3356 10137 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

SC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Lubbock44 min
May 5, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCrosby35 min
May 5, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Dickens, Motley48 min
May 5, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBDickens29 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.